Original August 1953 issue of la Domenica del Corriere on the death of Tazio Nuvolari

Original August 1953 issue of la Domenica del Corriere on the death of Tazio Nuvolari.

This is a complete vintage August 23, 1953 issue of "La Domenica del Corriere" with great artwork of "Nuvola" on the front cover.

Nuvolari achieved his greatest successes driving for Enzo Ferrari in the pre-WWII Scuderia Ferrari, racing mainly Alfa Romeo cars. He is by many considered to be the best driver of all time, beating Michael Schumacher and Ayrton Senna by FAR...

This cover is also sold as a modern print but here you have the opportunity to acquire a 1953 vintage original.

It is in good condition but the (rope!) binding is extremely fragile and a number of pages have come loose as a consequence. This would make this copy extremely well suited to have the great cover framed.

It measures some 29 x 40 cm or 11.5 x 16 inches.

The inside contains a 1-page article on Nuvolari which is captioned (freely translated) "The man who knew no fear. The interesting life of Tazio Nuvolari".

Artist proof of the Ferrari F40 sculpture by Michel Sauze

Here we have a fantastic piece of Ferrari artwork by world renowned Ferrari sculptor and collector Michel Sauze.

It is an artist's proof of the Ferrari F40 sculpture in "half-finished" form.

Instead of an exact scale model, this is a much more artistic interpretation of the iconic F40 shape.

It is believed to be one of the first to have been cast in this particular mold and and one half was left exactly as it came out of that mold while the other half of the "model" was cleaned and freed of "flow out"from the casting process giving a very artistic rendering of the F40.

Logically, this is much, MUCH, rarer that the regular completely finished version.

It measures a good 63 x 23 cm and is some 16 cm high. In Inches that is roughly some 25 x 9 and 6.3 inches high.

This piece of art is part of the, important, collection of a very good customer of ours and we have been asked to seek a new owner for it.

As a consequence, the price is strictly on application through THIS LINK

Only 1 available of this model but there are more sculptures of Michael Sauze from this series available from this collection.

Vintage 1952 Enzo Ferrari Champion Spark Plugs ad with Alberto Ascari

This is a vintage 1952 Champion Spark Plugs advertisement, showing a proud and youthful Enzo Ferrari next to the Ferrari 500 Formula 1 car with which Alberto Ascari had just won the 1952 Grand Prix at the Nurburgring.

Original Art Print of Alberto Ascari winning the GP of Germany 1952 by Antonio de Giusti

Ferrari Factory Poster Alberto Ascari on Ferrari 500 on his way to winning the 1952 German Grand Prix at the Nurburgring.

Artwork by Antonio de Giusti, a personal friend of Enzo Ferrari's and the man that was responsible for so much of Ferrari's hand drawn artwork for brochures etc. in the 1950's and 1960's.

Originally, Ferrari published this poster as one of a series that was bundled in the 1980 Ferrari calendar named "Ferrari Campione del Mundo".

Apart from the calendars, which are a very rare sight nowadays, also a limited number of each of the drawings was issued as an art print. This is one of those art prints and came from Antonio de Giusti's personal "stash".

Original August 17 1988 Issue of La Gazetta dello Sport on the death of Enzo Ferrari - Vintage Newspaper

Vintage August 17 1988 issue of the Italian newspaper "La Gazetta dello Sport" with the news of Enzo Ferrari passing away quietly on the front page.

This vintage issue dedicates 9 pages to the life & times of Enzo after he passed away 3 days earlier.

The headlines read:

A "global" Italian expires.Ferrari, a silent farewell.

In very good condition for its age and a rare issue!

Apart from the, obvious, Ferrari interest it is also a wonderful time-document as the front page pays attention to the battle between Ben Johnson and Carl Lewis on the (athletic) track and the upcoming soccer match between PSV Eindhoven and AC Milan with such stars as Ronald Koeman and Ruud Gullit (still with dreads at that time!).

The card was printed by Grafiche Zanichelli in Sassuolo, right around the corner from Maranello.

PLEASE NOTE:The Villeneuve signature on the front, the typed text on the back AND the Enzo Ferrari signature are ALL printed.Various sources confirm this and we have been able to compare it to other examples of this postcard which are EXACTLY the same.

The postcard does not carry a print number but is listed by Michael Sauze in his book and he numbered it "78/03".

A (very?) scarce Ferrari postcard with a desirable motif, interesting (printed!) text and Gilles is of course an all-time F1 hero!